Timeline of El Paso, Texas
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of El Paso, Texas.
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- 1682 – Ysleta Mission established.[1]
- 1848 – El Paso becomes part of the U.S. state of Texas per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.[2]
- 1849 – U.S. military Fort Bliss established.[1]
- 1850 – El Paso County created.[3]
- 1873 – El Paso incorporated.[2]
- 1876 – Lone Star newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1881
- Southern Pacific Railroad begins operating.[1][5]
- El Paso Times and El Paso Herald newspapers begin publication.[4]
- 1882 – Avenida Lerdo–Stanton Street Bridge[6] and Montgomery Building constructed.
- 1883 – First National Bank built.[7]
- 1884
- El Paso County seat relocated to El Paso from Ysleta.[5]
- El Paso Browns baseball team formed.[8]
- 1889 – McGinty Club active.[9]
- 1890 – Population: 10,338.
- 1892 – Santa Fe Street bridge built.[6]
- 1895 – El Paso Public Library founded.[10]
- 1899 – American Smelting and Refining Company plant in operation.[11]
1900s
- 1900 – White House Department Store in business.[12]
- 1901 – El Paso Electric Company formed.[13]
- 1902
- 1906 – Union Depot opens.
- 1910 – Population: 39,279.
- 1911 – Anson Mills Building constructed.[7]
- 1912 – Hotel Paso del Norte in business.[7]
- 1914
- Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso established.[15]
- Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy opens.[16]
- 1917
- Bath Riots occurred to protest new U.S. immigration/entry requirements for Mexican's crossing the border.[17]
- Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick dedicated.
- 1919 – June 15–16: Battle of Ciudad Juárez occurs near El Paso.[9]
- 1920 – Population: 77,560.[18]
- 1921 – Ku Klux Klan active.[9]
- 1922 – El Paso Post newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1924 – United States Border Patrol begins operating.
- 1925 – Cathedral High School established.
- 1926 – Orndorff Hotel built.[9]
- 1928 – El Paso Municipal Airport built.[9]
- 1930
- Bassett Tower built.
- Plaza Theatre and El Paso Zoo[19] open.
- Hilton Hotel in business.[7]
- Population: 102,421.[18]
- 1933 – Junior League of El Paso founded.
- 1935 – Sun Bowl football contest begins.
- 1936 – United States Court House built.[2]
- 1937
- 1938 – El Paso Ysleta Port of Entry established.
- 1939 – Fort Bliss National Cemetery established near city.
- 1940 – Population: 96,810 city;[18] 131,067 county.
- 1942
- Biggs Air Force Base begins operating near Fort Bliss.
- Ysleta–Zaragoza Bridge rebuilt.[6]
- El Paso County Coliseum opens.
- 1946 – El Paso Drive-in cinema opens.[20]
- 1948 - First city flag adopted.
- 1949 – Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy becomes Texas Western College
- 1950
- Bronco Drive-In cinema opens.[21]
- Population: 130,485.[18]
- 1952 – Town of Anthony incorporated near El Paso.
- 1954 – El Paso County Historical Society founded.[22]
- 1959
- El Paso Museum of Art founded.
- Sunland Park Racetrack opens in nearby Sunland Park, New Mexico.
- 1960
- El Paso Aerial Tramway begins operating.
- Northgate Mall opens with "acres of parking"[23]
- Population: 276,687.[18]
- 1961 – Village of Vinton incorporated near El Paso.
- 1962
- Bassett Place shopping mall in business.[8]
- Chase Tower built.
- New city flag adopted.
- 1963 – Sun Bowl stadium opens.
- 1965 – Fox Theatre (cinema) opens.[21]
- 1967
- Cordova Bridge built.[6]
- Texas Western College becomes University of Texas at El Paso.
- El Paso BOTA Port of Entry built per Chamizal treaty.
- 1969 – San Jacinto Plaza remodelled.[7]
- 1970 – Population: 322,261.[18]
- 1971
- El Paso Genealogical Society founded.[24]
- Wells Fargo Plaza hi-rise built.
- 1972
- September: Raza Unida Party convention held in El Paso.[25]
- El Paso Community College established.
- 1973 – Biggs Air Force Base becomes Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss.
- 1974
- Civic Center opens.[26]
- Cielo Vista Mall, first enclosed air-conditioned shopping center, opens.[23]
- Chamizal National Memorial established.
- 1977 – El Paso Museum of Archaeology established.
- 1980
- Mujer Obrera (labor group) established.[27]
- Population: 425,259 city;[18] 479,899 county.
- 1981 - Foreign trade zone established.[28][29]
- 1983 – Kayser Building constructed.
- 1987
- Franklin Mountains State Park opens.
- Sun Metro Mass Transit System active.
- 1988
- Sunland Park Mall in business.
- Horizon City incorporated near El Paso.
- 1989 – El Paso Patriots soccer team formed.
- 1990 – Population: 515,342 city;[18] 591,610 county.
- 1997 – Silvestre Reyes becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 16th congressional district.[30]
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[31]
- 1999 – Chihuahuan Desert Gardens established.[32]
2000s
- 2000 – Population: 563,662 city; 679,622 county.
- 2003
- 2004 – International news media reports on ongoing female homicides in Ciudad Juárez area.[34]
- 2005
- El Diario de El Paso Spanish-language newspaper begins publication.
- 2006
- Railroad and Transportation Museum of El Paso established.
- Major flooding from up to 10 inches of rain in one week.[35]
- 2007
- El Paso Marathon begins.
- El Paso Skatepark Association formed.[33]
- 2008 – Borderzine website launched.[36]
- 2010
- 2011 – Worst drought in a decade.[39]
- 2013
- ASARCO smokestacks demolished.
- City Hall demolished to make room for Southwest University Park baseball stadium.[40]
See also
- History of El Paso, Texas
- List of mayors of El Paso, Texas
- History of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
- Timeline of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in El Paso County, Texas
- Timeline of Texas
- Other cities in Texas
- Timeline of Arlington, Texas
- Timeline of Austin, Texas
- Timeline of Brownsville, Texas
- Timeline of Dallas
- Timeline of Fort Worth, Texas
- Timeline of Houston
- Timeline of Laredo, Texas
- Timeline of Lubbock, Texas
- Timeline of San Antonio
- Timeline of Waco, Texas
References
- 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 571, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 Federal Writers' Project 1940.
- ↑ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- 1 2 Manuel G. Gonzales (2009). Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-00777-1.
- 1 2 3 4 Daniel D. Arreola; James R. Curtis (1994). The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1441-0.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Historic Preservation: Downtown Design Guidelines". City of El Paso. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- 1 2 Trish Long (ed.). "Tales from the Morgue: El Paso History is Never Dead (blog)". El Paso Times. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Sonnichsen 1971.
- ↑ "Timeline". Women in Texas History. Austin: Ruthe Winegarten Memorial Foundation for Texas Women's History. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Timeline: History Of Asarco In El Paso". USA: National Public Radio. 2010.
- 1 2 Alexis McCrossen, ed. (2010). Land of Necessity: Consumer Culture in the United States–Mexico Borderlands. Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-9078-7.
- 1 2 El Paso Times 2009.
- 1 2 University Library Special Collections Department. "Finding Aids". University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ↑ "UT El Paso – 90th Anniversary Timeline". University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ Perez, Jr., Maclovio (July 30, 2016). "El Paso Bath House Riots (1917)". Handbook of Texas Online. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ↑ "Drive-In Theaters". Borderlands. El Paso Community College. 1996.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in El Paso, TX". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ "About Us". El Paso County Historical Society. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- 1 2 New life for Northgate Mall: City hopes to restore luster to Northeast's faded gem, by Aaron Bracamontes \ El Paso Times, 08/01/2011
- ↑ "El Paso Genealogical Society". Roots Web. Retrieved December 14, 2014 – via Ancestry.com Inc.
- ↑ "Raza Unida Party returns to 'la lucha'". Borderzine. El Paso. September 21, 2012.
- ↑ "City Is Hosting Public Open House". El Paso Herald Post. 1974.
- ↑ Honig 1996.
- ↑ "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary". Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Merchandise Received and Exports: Top 25, 2015", Annual Report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the Congress of the United States, 2016
- ↑ "Texas". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1997.
- ↑ "Welcome to El Paso on the Internet". Archived from the original on December 1998 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Garden Search: United States of America: Texas". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- 1 2 "El Paso, Texas". Skatepark.org. Portland, Oregon: Skaters for Public Skateparks. 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ Cordelia Candelaria, ed. (2004). "Chronology". Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. lxiii–lxxii. ISBN 978-0-313-33210-4.
- ↑ J. Rogash; M. Hardiman; D. Novlan; T. Brice; V. MacBlain. "Meteorological Aspects of the 2006 El Paso Texas Metropolitan Area Floods". NOAA/National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office, Santa Teresa, New Mexico/El Paso, Texas.
- ↑ "Texas". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Mexican drone crashes in El Paso in Texas". BBC News. December 17, 2010.
- ↑ "El Paso (city), Texas". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ "How El Paso is beating the worst drought in a generation". The Guardian. June 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Baseball Stadium Bolsters El Paso's Resurgence", New York Times, May 28, 2013
Bibliography
Published in the 1800s
- "El Paso". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis: R.L. Polk & Co. 1884 – via Internet Archive.
- El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico, Business Directory, 1885 – via University of Texas at El Paso
- Directory of the City of El Paso – via University of Texas at El Paso 1886–1899
- "El Paso". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.
Published in the 1900s
- Directory of the City of El Paso – via University of Texas at El Paso 1901–1905
- El Paso City Directory. Hudspeth Directory Co. 1922 – via University of North Texas.
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "El Paso", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via Hathi Trust
- Mills, W. W., Forty Years at El Paso, Carl Hertzog, 1962
- C. L. Sonnichsen & M. G. McKinney (1971). "El Paso-from War to Depression". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 74. JSTOR 30236653.
- Jones, Harriot Howze, El Paso A Centennial Portrait, El Paso County Historical Society, 1973
- W. H. Timmons (1980). "El Paso Area in the Mexican Period, 1821–1848". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 84. JSTOR 30236883.
- W. H. Timmons (1983). "American El Paso: The Formative Years, 1848–1854". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 87: 1–36. JSTOR 30241078.
- W. H. Timmons, El Paso A Borderlands History, Texas Western Press, The University of Texas at El Paso 1990
- Emily Honig (1996). "Women at Farah Revisited: Political Mobilization and Its Aftermath among Chicana Workers in El Paso, Texas, 1972–1992". Feminist Studies. 22.
Published in the 2000s
- "With the railroad came bustling Downtown El Paso traffic". El Paso Times. February 23, 2009.
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- "(El Paso County, TX)". Portal to Texas History. University of North Texas Libraries.
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- Fun in the 1890s: The McGinty Club Borderlands (EPCC)
- "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: El Paso". Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
- "El Paso". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
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